[Electronics-talk] Mobile hot spot question

[Ashley Bramlett]

Linda,
No, do not give up your land line and regular internet service.
A mobile hot spot is a wi fi connection from your smart phone.
This really should not replace hard wired internet, particularly if you use 
your internet a lot. Cell phones have issues and personally I find 
traditional phones best; yes a young person being old fashioned. but I hate 
the unreliability. Cell phones break up calls, drop signals, run out of 
batteries, and don't even ring sometimes when people call you. I can attest 
to the fact that my verizon phone does not get all calls and it goes to 
voice mail; and, it will drop calls too. Would you really wish to give up 
the reliability of a land line for solely cell phone coverage?

As others said, there are limitations to it. I think you should use your 
regular pc and internet service regularly at home.

I say this due to expense and limitations. Such issues were brought up, but 
they are the following.
1. your phone is slower loading internet pages particularly graphical pages; 
and connected to a laptop, you will not only drain the battery but use your 
data plan.
2. You may be charged extra for your heavy use and therefore really not save 
any money by cancelling your ISP.
3. Wi fi strength varies and may not be as strong as your land pc 
connection. Your wi fi  connection may be slower.
4. Only one device can be hooked to your phone at a time.
5. Hot spots don't always connect. My dad tries this often and he has to 
turn the phone off and reconnect things. Its not an exact science.
So, consider if you have the patience for tech glitches. Think about whether 
you can handle spotty, slow wi fi connections versus the stable land 
connections you have now paying for your ISP and phone line.

Hot spots are great for access when they work. Dad has used it on his phone 
a lot. but if we used it every day permanently, we would run up the bill 
which would be bad since its his work phone. you have a data plan cap to 
consider.

Some  food for thought.
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Linda via Electronics-talk
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 1:38 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Mobile hot spot question

Hello,

I want to make sure I have the proper understanding of what a mobile hot 
spot is before I give up my landline and internet service.

I heard that a smartphone can somehow be connected to my iPad so that I will 
still be able to use it or my laptop.

Is this tru?  Is it easy to connect to the mobile hot spot?  Thanks for your 
assistance.  I have never been without a landline, and want to make sure I'm 
doing the right thing in getting rid of it.

Linda
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